How much penance is enough? I'm well aware of the damage I caused. I apologized, I owned it, and I've changed. Again, how much penance is enough? _________________________
antlers, you apologize, you change and then you forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn't know. Some debts can't be repaid. Both parties have to heal and come to their own realization of forgiveness. I'm not there yet, but I will be one day. Then maybe he and I can have a conversation about things and both of us find some resolution.
M 19 years, MC for 8 months, DB'd for 8 months 4 kids; 18, 15, 14, & 10 I was never meant to be a doormat. It took me years of therapy to become assertive enough to stop his abuse.
